Bradley R. Cairns

26.1k total citations · 10 hit papers
141 papers, 18.4k citations indexed

About

Bradley R. Cairns is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Bradley R. Cairns has authored 141 papers receiving a total of 18.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 130 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Genetics and 13 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Bradley R. Cairns's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (74 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (43 papers) and Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer (24 papers). Bradley R. Cairns is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (74 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (43 papers) and Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer (24 papers). Bradley R. Cairns collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Sweden. Bradley R. Cairns's co-authors include Cedric R. Clapier, Douglas T. Carrell, Saher Sue Hammoud, Anjanabha Saha, Roger D. Kornberg, David A. Nix, Jacqueline Wittmeyer, Douglas Roberts, Paul Tempst and Vahid Khoddami and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Bradley R. Cairns

141 papers receiving 18.1k citations

Hit Papers

The Biology of Chromatin Remodeling Complexes 1994 2026 2004 2015 2009 2009 2017 1996 1996 500 1000 1.5k
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The Biology of Chromatin Remodeling Complexes
    2009 1.7k citations Cedric R. Clapier, Bradley R. Cairns profile →
  2. Distinctive chromatin in human sperm packages genes for embryo development
    2009 938 citations Saher Sue Hammoud, David A. Nix et al. profile →
  3. Mechanisms of action and regulation of ATP-dependent chromatin-remodelling complexes
    2017 821 citations Cedric R. Clapier, Bradley R. Cairns et al. profile →
  4. Diversity and specialization of mammalian SWI/SNF complexes.
    1996 588 citations Bradley R. Cairns et al. profile →
  5. RSC, an Essential, Abundant Chromatin-Remodeling Complex
    1996 573 citations Bradley R. Cairns et al. Cell profile →
  6. DNA Demethylation in Zebrafish Involves the Coupling of a Deaminase, a Glycosylase, and Gadd45
    2008 513 citations Bradley R. Cairns et al. Cell profile →
  7. Conserved roles of mouse DUX and human DUX4 in activating cleavage-stage genes and MERVL/HERVL retrotransposons
    2017 503 citations Edward J. Grow, Candice L. Wike et al. profile →
  8. The adult human testis transcriptional cell atlas
    2018 422 citations Jingtao Guo, Edward J. Grow et al. Cell Research profile →
  9. A multisubunit complex containing the SWI1/ADR6,SWI2/SNF2, SWI3, SNF5, and SNF6 gene products isolated fromyeast.
    1994 334 citations Bradley R. Cairns et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  10. Single-cell analysis of human testis aging and correlation with elevated body mass index
    2022 105 citations Xichen Nie, Jan‐Bernd Stukenborg et al. Developmental Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bradley R. Cairns United States 73 16.1k 2.4k 2.1k 1.5k 1.4k 141 18.4k
Oliver J. Rando United States 64 15.5k 1.0× 1.9k 0.8× 2.7k 1.3× 652 0.4× 706 0.5× 128 18.4k
Antoine H.F.M. Peters Switzerland 52 13.6k 0.8× 3.1k 1.3× 1.8k 0.9× 826 0.5× 1.4k 1.0× 95 15.6k
Christine M. Distèche United States 67 10.6k 0.7× 6.9k 2.9× 2.3k 1.1× 718 0.5× 999 0.7× 226 17.3k
Saadi Khochbin France 73 14.0k 0.9× 1.9k 0.8× 846 0.4× 848 0.6× 856 0.6× 203 16.5k
Wendy A. Bickmore United Kingdom 71 16.0k 1.0× 3.8k 1.6× 3.2k 1.5× 362 0.2× 439 0.3× 185 17.9k
Yoichi Shinkai Japan 66 15.5k 1.0× 3.1k 1.3× 1.4k 0.7× 419 0.3× 1.1k 0.8× 185 22.2k
Simon Andrews United Kingdom 54 12.4k 0.8× 3.2k 1.3× 1.6k 0.8× 321 0.2× 761 0.5× 109 15.1k
Michael Stadler Germany 63 11.1k 0.7× 2.1k 0.9× 810 0.4× 336 0.2× 970 0.7× 236 16.5k
Dirk Schübeler Switzerland 70 17.8k 1.1× 4.3k 1.8× 1.6k 0.8× 327 0.2× 485 0.3× 113 19.9k
Alan P. Wolffe United States 87 23.3k 1.4× 6.6k 2.7× 2.4k 1.1× 336 0.2× 1.1k 0.8× 221 26.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jiang, Xuan‐Zhao, Jiayu Wen, Mary L. Nelson, et al.. (2025). Nonchromatin regulatory functions of the histone variant H2A.B in SWI/SNF genomic deposition. Science Advances. 11(30). eadx1568–eadx1568. 1 indexed citations
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Yi, Chongil, Yuka Kitamura, So Maezawa, Satoshi H. Namekawa, & Bradley R. Cairns. (2025). ZBTB16/PLZF regulates juvenile spermatogonial stem cell development through an extensive transcription factor poising network. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 32(7). 1213–1226. 3 indexed citations
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Wamaitha, Sissy E., Xichen Nie, Erica C. Pandolfi, et al.. (2023). Single-cell analysis of the developing human ovary defines distinct insights into ovarian somatic and germline progenitors. Developmental Cell. 58(20). 2097–2111.e3. 13 indexed citations
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Wike, Candice L., Xichen Nie, Yixuan Guo, et al.. (2022). Establishment of developmental gene silencing by ordered polycomb complex recruitment in early zebrafish embryos. eLife. 11. 19 indexed citations
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Clapier, Cedric R., et al.. (2020). Cancer-Associated Gain-of-Function Mutations Activate a SWI/SNF-Family Regulatory Hub. Molecular Cell. 80(4). 712–725.e5. 22 indexed citations
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Guo, Jingtao, Xichen Nie, Hana Mlčochová, et al.. (2020). The Dynamic Transcriptional Cell Atlas of Testis Development during Human Puberty. Cell stem cell. 26(2). 262–276.e4. 190 indexed citations
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Rougeot, Julien, Dei M. Elurbe, Karolina M. Andralojc, et al.. (2019). Maintenance of spatial gene expression by Polycomb-mediated repression after formation of a vertebrate body plan. Development. 146(19). 11 indexed citations
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Wu, Hao, Kangjing Chen, Cedric R. Clapier, et al.. (2019). Structure of the RSC complex bound to the nucleosome. Science. 366(6467). 838–843. 87 indexed citations
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Khoddami, Vahid, et al.. (2019). Transcriptome-wide profiling of multiple RNA modifications simultaneously at single-base resolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(14). 6784–6789. 186 indexed citations
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Gupta, Sumati, Timothy J. Parnell, Andrew Butterfield, et al.. (2018). Histone Deacetylase Inhibition Has Targeted Clinical Benefit in ARID1A -Mutated Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 18(1). 185–195. 17 indexed citations
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Guo, Jingtao, Edward J. Grow, Hana Mlčochová, et al.. (2018). The adult human testis transcriptional cell atlas. Cell Research. 28(12). 1141–1157. 422 indexed citations breakdown →
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Clapier, Cedric R., Margaret M. Kasten, Timothy J. Parnell, et al.. (2016). Regulation of DNA Translocation Efficiency within the Chromatin Remodeler RSC/Sth1 Potentiates Nucleosome Sliding and Ejection. Molecular Cell. 62(3). 453–461. 70 indexed citations
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Aston, Kenneth I., Philip J. Uren, Timothy G. Jenkins, et al.. (2015). Aberrant sperm DNA methylation predicts male fertility status and embryo quality. Fertility and Sterility. 104(6). 1388–1397.e5. 138 indexed citations
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Jenkins, Timothy G., Kenneth I. Aston, Bradley R. Cairns, & Douglas T. Carrell. (2013). Paternal aging and associated intraindividual alterations of global sperm 5-methylcytosine and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine levels. Fertility and Sterility. 100(4). 945–951.e2. 75 indexed citations
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Kasten, Margaret M., Cedric R. Clapier, & Bradley R. Cairns. (2011). SnapShot: Chromatin Remodeling:SWI/SNF. Cell. 144(2). 310–310.e1. 43 indexed citations
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Hammoud, Saher Sue, David A. Nix, Ahmad Hammoud, et al.. (2011). Genome-wide analysis identifies changes in histone retention and epigenetic modifications at developmental and imprinted gene loci in the sperm of infertile men. Human Reproduction. 26(9). 2558–2569. 211 indexed citations
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Zhao, Kehao, et al.. (2006). Structure and function of the SWIRM domain, a conserved protein module found in chromatin regulatory complexes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(7). 2057–2062. 80 indexed citations
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Soutourina, Julie, Véronique Bordas‐Le Floch, A. Flores, et al.. (2006). Rsc4 Connects the Chromatin Remodeler RSC to RNA Polymerases. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 26(13). 4920–4933. 80 indexed citations
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Saha, Anjanabha, Jacqueline Wittmeyer, & Bradley R. Cairns. (2005). Chromatin remodeling through directional DNA translocation from an internal nucleosomal site. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 12(9). 747–755. 165 indexed citations
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Treich, Isabelle, et al.. (1995). SNF11, a New Component of the Yeast SNF-SWI Complex That Interacts with a Conserved Region of SNF2. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 15(8). 4240–4248. 111 indexed citations

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